Improvement in clothes-pins



nur, les f 1jr-eiwit lilium HIRMJLWATTLES, or RooKronD, ttrnors.

Letters Patent No. 112,303, dated February 28, 1871 antedated February 25, '1871i IMPRovMEN-r 1Nl cLoTHEsfPlNs'.. A

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent 'and making part of `the same.

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` eitkuown that 1.HIRAM JWATTLES, @femkford,-in fthe county of Winnebago and `State of Illirois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Pin; and I do hereby-declare that the following is a full land exact description of the same, ref'- erence being hadto` the ,accompanyingV drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Thisinventionrelatesto *that class `of clothes-pins `which is formedoftwo `similar parts and provided with a spring'fmd consists of certain details of construction, which will berfully described hereinafter.

In the drawing-1 p y K y Figures l, 2, and 3` represent views of the pin in dilierent positions.

@To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, 4I willnow proceed to describe fully its constructionandfoperation.

Va a represent the two halves ofthepin proper,

`which are` unitedat a/,jas shown.V

B represents the "sprin`g. It consists of a single ',pieeeof` wire bent do'ubleat about its center and i passed through the partera a ofthe pin, and there secured by means ofv a' fastening-pin and washer, as is y clearlyshowuin iig. l;

i The endsof the wireare coiled to form springs and `bent in Voppositedirections, the part bservingto press open the handles, and thus close the jaws ofthe pin, while the part bs'erves as a clamp to grasp the rope,l as is shown iu iigl 1. IAfV desired, however, the pin may be used in the ordinary manner, as shown in tig. 3, but the method above alluded to is believed to be preferable.

By means of this specific construction the pin may be first attached to the clothes Vwhile they are in the basket and within convenient reach, and the pinAmay then be secured to the rope, while with the old pin it is necessary first to fix the clothing ou the line, and i then put on the pin.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-A `ters Tatent, is'

1. A` clothes-pin, provided with a supplemental spring-clamp for grasping the line, as described.

t 2. The pin described, .with its parts a, a and spring. b b',.when constructed specifically as shown and described, for the purpose set forth. 4

This specification signed and witnessed this 9th day of August, 1870. 1 HI'RAM J. WATlLES.

Witnesses*- GVW. Foei), A. H. SHERRATT. 

